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Published: 2015-03-26 21:07:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 1538; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 0
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My attempt at coming up with a decent reference sheet, and yes I do have another 11 ship designs based off the same hull, and they are completed, just haven't done reference sheets for them. I have started adding more hull detail to my ship designs and I am a bit more satisfied with the textures now.Edit: Changed the secondary weapons by replacing the guns with missile launchers, mainly for appearance reasons, to lessen the old ship look and make it more effecitve as a missile and fighter defense cruiser. Main guns remain unchanged.
First commissioned on Akurian Stellar Year 2820, the Endeavour Class heavy cruiser is an enlarged version of the previous generation of heavy cruiser, the Stalwart class Heavy Cruiser. Compared to the Stalwart, the Endeavour has two traditional 120 cm lance gun turrets, additional VLS modules, and a stronger protection scheme. Like the Stalwart, the Endeavour class hull serves as a basis for a large number of ships. A lengthened and widened hull of the Endeavour is what is used by Akurian large cruisers, a widened primary hull serves as the basis for several battle monitor designs, and still other versions of the hull are used for different heavy cruiser variants. All in all, 12 different ship designs are based off the Endeavour hull, with designs serving in both the Akurian Starfleet and the Space Defense Force. The Endeavour Class Cruiser is a well rounded multi role ship, with a high resistance to fighter and cruise missile attacks. Typically Endeavour class cruisers will use their rapid firing guns to also deal with incoming destroyers, and they will frequently act as screening ships for battleships and battlecruisers. However unlike the designs of some other powers, Endeavour class cruiser do not come equipped with any anti capital weapons, making the ship largely defenseless against any enemy battleships, battlecruisers, or dreadnoughts. The cruiser can usually run away from battleships or Dreadnoughts, as the endeavour class is faster than all but the fastest battleship designs, however battlecruisers are the biggest threat, as they have the designs speed to catch cruisers, and the Endeavour's lack of anti capital weapons means it is very vulnerable to battlecruisers, or their similar cousins, the dreadnought cruiser.
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Legogamer19 [2020-08-13 21:36:04 +0000 UTC]
Are the dreadnought cruisers in your universe similar to the so called “super cruiser” or “cruiser killer” designs of the post WW1 pre WW2 era on earth? By which I mean a ship that is designed to hunt cruisers, similar to the original purpose of the battle cruiser, but with a displacement between a battle cruiser and a heavy cruiser, guns in the same range, and armor only strong enough to resist heavy cruiser shells. Or is this dreadnought cruiser what ended up becoming your large cruiser?
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Ryuukei8569 In reply to Legogamer19 [2020-08-13 21:53:59 +0000 UTC]
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Legogamer19 In reply to Ryuukei8569 [2020-08-14 04:11:55 +0000 UTC]
Ah, that makes more sense. Thanks!
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HidesHisFace [2015-05-14 07:12:48 +0000 UTC]
I like the streamlined design - makes the production easier and more practical, without the need to heavily modify shipyard production lines and such.
By the way - long lance - is that a reference to Japanese torpedoes from WW2?
I love the technical detail here - especially about the propulsion - I will need to specify that in my designs, to give some proper scale.
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Ryuukei8569 In reply to HidesHisFace [2015-05-14 13:56:32 +0000 UTC]
No its not, Long lance is a reference to the type of main gun used. Essentially a lance gun is a railgun weapon, that fires guided projectiles, rather than unguided ones. there are other nuances that separate the weapon from most of its sci-fi counterparts, but the guided projectiles is the big one. Long lance is a reference to the fact that the particular gun design used on this ship has a longer range than what is typical for the weapon type. I'll be releasing a more detailed reference sheet on lance guns at some point in the future.
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miha9000 [2015-03-31 09:10:07 +0000 UTC]
added to 3D concepts in Sci-fi Archives sci-fi-archives.deviantart.com…
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